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Still recovering. And I mean that in the best possible way. ☺️ We all agree that right now “𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲” is a trend. IRL events are a line item in every company’s strategy deck. But there are very few spaces where community actually is, where people show up not because they were invited or because they want to do networking, but because they belong. They do from the very first moment they arrive. No-Code Week is one of those spaces 🧡💙. This was my second year as part of the organizing team, and I must say numbers don’t tell the full story: 🗓️5 days,  🫂100+ attendees,  📍Stadt Frankfurt am Main 🇩🇪 (in full heatwave mode 🥵 ) because what mattered, once again, was all the emotions showed up: 🧐 curiosity (𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸: 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺) 😮 surprise (Lucile 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 #𝘕𝘰𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮? 💅), 😩 exhaustion (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨) 🤩 creative (𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Marion)  🥹 pride (𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 Make 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 Claude, 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘴) 🥹 overwhelmed (𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 Lucie 𝘢𝘯𝘥 Yulia 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥!) What the photos don’t always show:  🦮 walking a dog at night ⚽️ football tennis that got way too competitive 🎲 board game nights that went way too late 🎤 a last-minute karaoke at the closing party that nobody saw coming that featured the app built by Marcello 🤗 seeing friends again from Italy 🇮🇹, France 🇫🇷 or Germany 🇩🇪  🥰 meeting new ones from Oman 🇴🇲, Bosnia 🇧🇦 or Canada 🇨🇦 to name a few 💻 coworking with a cute kittie 😻, dogs 🐕🦮 and one of the Softr cofounders, Artur was not on my bingo 🧠 or learning from industry leaders like Julien Feelings you didn’t expect to feel at a “tech event" but that's exactly what NCW is: 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉. High 5 🙌 to the ones who run it this year (Amandine and Sebastian) and to the rest of the team (Alexis, Anete, Ufuk, Marine, Lucie) who also collaborated to make it really special! I’m proud of my small part in making this happen.  And I hope that whether it was your first time or your fifth, you felt at home.🧡💙 That’s the only metric that really matters to me. Are you feeling the FOMO? Good! That means you already belong. See you at the next one. 🤗

I couldn't miss the third edition of Create With. First one in #Brighton 😎 And this time I'm not just in the crowd, or in a picture on a slide on the main stage! 😄 I'm actually 🎤 speaking! 🥳 If you've never touched automation before and you're here today, come to my 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 101 workshop. No jargon, no prerequisites. In about an hour, I'll get you up to speed, and by the end of the session, you'll feel the superpower for yourself. 🤩 ⚡ Can't wait to attend some of the other sessions too. James and Kieran have put together an impressive lineup. I hung out with some of the speakers last night (Tanya, Tomasz, Kelly, George, Mariam, JJ, Stephany, Harold, Matt, Rafa, Yaokai, etc) and the quality is real. I wish I could clone myself to listen to all of them! And, as always, the day doesn't end with the last talk. That's never the end of the conference or any event. Make is sponsoring the after party, which means more time to engage with the #community and keep the conversations going on the future of #automation and #AI. That's usually where the best stuff happens anyway, so be sure to stay till the end! 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨: if you're already a #Make user and you spot me today, come say hi. I have a little gift 🎁 for you. 💟 See you in a bit!

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴? I've lost count of how many times I've had this exact conversation. So instead of explaining it one more time, I built something you can actually use. Meet CreaBuilders 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫: 📡 +600 events across Europe in the coming weeks 🎫 Meetups, workshops, hackathons, roundtables, experiences, breakfasts, challenges... 💎 Manually curated, not scraped. I didn't want it to be just a list, so every event gets tagged: 🔵 𝐁𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 🟡 𝐁𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 — so you can easily filter the ones near you 🔴 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 — the must-go, big conferences that set the tone (think Berlin AI Day by buildersklub, Hatch Conference, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭, NSSpain by Borja Reinares & Luis Ascorbe, AI SUMMIT BARCELONA, HumanX, Web Summit, Slush) 🟣 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞 — creabuilders energy. That means tech people having fun together, no stiff panels: from run clubs and football or padel games to official beer pong tournaments, of course, karaoke, parties & after-hours, plus cruises & yacht experiences, ice cream walks, Muay Thai training, a reflex trail in the forest, builder hikes, cinema nights, and even Apple Watch Parties. So much fun ahead! 🟢 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 — I've personally attended, so I can vouch the hosts are solid and it's a safe space. 🟠 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝— the ones I run end-to-end, curated experiences to create memories. As an appetizer, my September picks in: 📍 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘥: Ahead x Magnific by Tailor, Diego Méndez; a #Shipathon arcade night by RevenueCat, ElevenLabs Pop Up Store, AI agents control meetup with Arcasiles Group 📍 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘢: The Portfolio Club, HackBarna by Nicolas Grenié, #ClaudeCommunityHouse + The AI Afterwork: Make Connections by Jérémie Benhamou The Tech Nation and several Claude Ambassadors 📍 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯: Internet Friends by Richard, Softr x Make hackaton with Francisco, Guillaume & Jennifer, solopreneur meetup by Maria Ledentsova 📍 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯: Morning Run with Corgi Claudia, GTM World Tour by Nicolas with marcos, Viktor, Bertan & Joseph That's a tiny slice. The Radar has hundreds more across cities like📍 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴, 📍 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘮, 📍 𝘈𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘮, 📍 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘰𝘯, or 📍 𝘡𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 to name just a few and it also includes initiatives such as Nordic Tech Week, #IGD by Generalist World 🌀 Milly, Porto AI Week, Lisbon AI Week, Glasgow Tech Week I guess you get the idea! Now, it's your turn! 🫵 Follow the calendar 📲 https://lnkd.in/e4iXkQkd, or subscribe for a monthly email 📨 of what's happening in your city!